Vincent, S, Hurrell, S and Kozhevnikov, A orcid.org/0000-0002-9951-6976 (2022) Critical Realism and the Development of Management Theory. In: Handbooks in Philosophy. Springer ISBN 978-3-319-48352-8
Abstract
This chapter explores the development of management theory from the point of view of critical realist scholarship. It starts by considering the nature of management theory and different approaches to theory development: induction, deduction, and abduction. We argue that abductive approaches are implicitly realist, even if researchers using an abductive approach to theory development are not explicit about this. The chapter then introduces critical realism, as a specific approach to abduction, before then considering how critical realism can be used as a tool for the development and integration of management theories.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords: | Critical realism; Abduction; Management theory; Interdisciplinarity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Work and Employment Relation Division (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2022 13:13 |
Last Modified: | 01 Dec 2022 13:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-319-48352-8_71-1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:193502 |